Grab some sunglasses for mostly sunny skies. Highs will be in the mid-20s to near 30°, with wind chills in the teens. Sunday Weather: Still Very Cold But Less WindyĬhristmas Day will be almost as cold but with far less of a breeze. Mother Nature is giving the Washington, D.C., area a blast of frigid cold Siberian air for Christmas weekend, and strong winds have caused damage throughout the area. "At the mall you’re dealing with like large enterprises, but here everybody cares about what they’re doing and they can tell you about the roots and the origins of what they’re doing," shopper Kwabena Van-Dyke said. But small business owners and customers alike thought it was worth it. Though the temperature was controlled, outside vendors still had to bundle up. At Eastern Market, News4's Derrick Ward reported that there was a certain Dickensian charm to the last-minute holiday shopping in an open marketplace setting. Some folks didn’t let the single-digit temperatures keep them from completing their gift-shopping lists and checking them twice. Here’s a guide to what to keep in your car in case you get stranded. Keep your car stocked with emergency supplies including food, water, blankets and extra warm layers of clothing. Travelers should take extra precautions during the bone-chilling cold. Saturday afternoon, highs will barely make it to 20° with wind chills hovering around 5°. Wind chills of minus 5° to minus 15° will be common until late Saturday morning. It could be the fourth coldest Christmas Eve and Christmas Day on record, and the temperature is expected to remain below freezing into Monday.Ī wind chill advisory was in effect until 10 a.m. Here’s what to expect throughout the weekend: Saturday Weather: North Pole-Like Christmas Eveįriday night and Saturday will be the most dangerous time for the cold. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports on the dangers of which to be wary. The life-threatening cold is causing concern Friday night. Most outages have been caused by strong winds knocking down trees and tree limbs," BGE said in a release. "BGE crews and contractors continue to work around the clock to assess the damage from Winter Storm Elliott and restore service as safely and quickly as possible. Here's how to report outages to Pepco and Dominion. A fallen tree also caused power outages in Rockville, Maryland.Īlmost 9,500 Baltimore Gas and Electric customers were affected by outages as of Saturday night. Some customers in Germantown, Maryland, were without power since about 4 p.m. Pepco’s outage map showed about 601 customers were affected by power outages. Dominion Energy’s outage map shows there are almost 2,870 customers without power in Northern Virginia as of Saturday at 12 p.m. Power outages continue as the arctic cold blasts the area. AISKyQMXoj- Dominique Moody December 23, 2022 At least 2 people were seriously injured after a tree came crashing down onto their home in Laurel (pics below). Strong and gusty winds causing a lot of issues for families across our area including Prince George’s & Montgomery Counties.
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